Sarah Stearns
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Oct 1768
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Parents
Father: William Stearns Sr. (1732- ) 1
Mother: Mary Willard ( - ) 1
Sarah Stearns
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1776 - Claremont, Sullivan, NH
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Parents
Father: Thomas Stearns Dr. (1745- ) 1
Mother: Sarah Gleason ( - ) 1
Sharach Stearns
Sex: U
Individual Information
Birth: 1766 - Poultney, Rutland, VT (Of)
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Parents
Father: Samuel Stearns Sr. (1720-1776) 1
Mother: Sarah Ann Grover (Cir 1722-1777) 1
Shubael Stearns III
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Aug 1683 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Baptism:
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Events
• Occupation, Town Clerk
Parents
Father: Shubael Stearns (1655-1734) 1
Mother: Mary Upton (1665- ) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Lariby (4 Feb 1684 - ) 1
Marriage: 28 Dec 1704 - Kittery, York, ME
Status:
Children:
1. Rev Shubael Stearns (1707-1771) 1
2. Rebecca Ruth Stearns (1707-1775) 1
3. Peter Starnes (1710-1791) 1
4. Isaac Starnes (1713- ) 1
5. Elizabeth Stearns (1715- ) 1
6. Hannah Stearns (1715- ) 1
7. Sarah Stearns (1720- ) 1
8. Ebene(E)Zer Starnes (1722- ) 1
9. Mary Stearns (1724- ) 1
10. Martha Stearns (1726-1784) 1
Notes
General:
About 1714, Shubael moved to Tolland, CT, of which he was the town clerk.
About 1750, with his sons and daughters and their families, he left Tolland on
account of ecclesiastical difficulties, and settled near Newbern, SC. He and
his family were Baptists and some of them have exercised a great influence
upon the religious sentiments of the South. Their residence in NC was at a
place called "Pepper Cotton" and a pamphlet was published at the time giving
an account of the troubles in Tolland, CT. After moving to the South, the
broad Southern pronunciation was given to the name and it has since been
generally written and pronounced STARNES. [Source: Van Wagenen Volumes, p.
41.]
Shubael Stearns
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Sep 1655 - Watertown, Masaachusetts Bay
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Death: 1734 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation, Philip's War Vet.
Parents
Father: Charles Stearns (Cir 1625-Bef 1695) 1
Mother: Rebecca Gibson (1635- ) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Upton (1665 - ) 1
Marriage: 27 Apr 1682 - Reading, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Shubael Stearns III (1683- ) 1
2. Samuel Stearns Sr. (1685-1759) 1
3. Hannah Stearns (1687-1765) 1
4. Mary Stearns (1689- ) 1
5. John Stearns (1691-1787) 1
6. Ebenezer Stearns (1693-1759) 1
7. Martha Stearns (1695-1734) 1
8. Eleanor Stearns (1697- ) 1
9. Rebecca Stearns (1699- ) 1
10. Elizabeth Stearns (1700- ) 1
Notes
General:
(per BRYAN DUCHESNE) - No record of his marriage has been discovered but
records have indicated that "Mary Upton, of Reading, Mass., md. Shubael
Stearns, of Lynn". Whether this Shubael or a descendant is unknown. Testimony
of Samuel Trail, aged 95 years and upwards; remembers Shubael Stearns of Lynn,
who came from Watertown and was in the army. Shubael's will is dated, Nov. 19,
1733; proved Sept. 2, 1734; nine children. Settled in Lynn, probably near the
border of Reading. He belonged to the Narragansett Expedition.
BIRTH: Per "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"' by
James Savage, Vol. 4, Page 173, and Mormon Ancestral File AFN:4JQ7-VX.
MARRIAGE: Per Savage, Vol. 4, Page 174, AFN:4JQ7-VX & "Vital Records of Lynn,
MA to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II, Page 356. This is the date that
intentions were filed.
DEATH: Per AFN:4JQ7-VX (Stearns Charts)
MILITARY: He served in King Philip's War.
There is some question re whether Mary Upton was the mother of his children.
Birth also reported as 20 Sep 1651 in Lynn & in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.
Marriage also reported as 1681 or aft 1704. Latter creates ?'s re kids mom.
Known as Shubael II, although his father is reported as Charles (not Shubael
I).
Shubael Stearns
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 May 1783 - Amherst, Hillsborough, NH
Baptism: in Littleboro, VT (Of)
Death: 1 Jan 1844 - Newport, Orleans, VT
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Parents
Father: Samuel Stearns Jr. (1713-1793) 1
Mother: Abigail Gilbert ( -1830) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Parents of Amherst, NH.
In company with his brother, Isaac, and their mother, he located at Littleton,
NH, in the first decade of the century, where his first ten children were
born, three of whom died in infancy without a name. In Feb., 1828, he moved
to Newport, VT, where he died. It is said of him that he was a man of good
judgment and strictly honest; that he was never drawn into a lawsuit, either
as plaintiff or defendant; that he died as he had lived, an earnest, devoted,
Christian. They were buried, with six of their children, where a beautiful
monument of Scotch granite has been erected to their memory. They had
thirteen children.
Rev Shubael Stearns
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jan 1707 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 20 Nov 1771 - Sandy Creek, Guilford, North Carolina
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation, Baptist Minister
Parents
Father: Shubael Stearns III (1683- ) 1
Mother: Rebecca Lariby (1684- ) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Johnson (Est 1710 - ) 1
Marriage: 0007-6 Mar 1726
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Children:
1. Hepzibah Stearns (1729-1730) 1
Notes
General:
Birth also reported as Lynn, MA.
A Baptist preacher of such eloquence and vigor that he was styled Boanerges,
Son of Thunder. In 1745, he joined the followers of George Whitfield, who
were called the "Church of New Lights". In 1751, his attention was called to
the question of baptism and he was immersed by Rev. Wait Palmer at Tolland,
CT. and in 1754, accompanied by his parents and other friends, he set out
for Virginia.
His first stop was at Opeckoa, Berkeley Co., VA. Then he went with his
brother-in-law, Rev. Daniel Marshall about thirty miles from Winchester, VA.
Afterward he settled permanently at Sandy Creek, NC where in a few years, his
little church grew from a membership of sixteen to six hundred and six.
He was no ordinary man but eminently successful in persuading men to accept
and serve Jesus. In stature, small but with a peculiarly penetrating eye and
a very musical voice.
He died Nov 20, 1771 after much suffering dying as he had lived in simple,
confident reliance upon the love of God. The influence of his great work
still lives throughout the regions where he faithfully preached, as a pioneer,
the simple story of salvation by faith.
[Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns and Their Descendants
Mrs. Avis Stearns Van Wagenen - 1901]
Silas Stearns Sr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Sep 1750
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Parents
Father: David Stearns (1717- ) 1
Mother: Bethia Stimson (1723- ) 1
Spouses and Children
Simon Stearns
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Sep 1759 - Newport, Newport, RI
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Death: 5 Nov 1810
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Parents
Father: John Stearns Jr. (1719-1781) 1
Mother: Rachel Pettiplace (1722-1798) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
On a voyage to the West Indies, he fell from aloft, fractured his leg, was
carried on shore to a hospital where he died, leaving an only child.
Solomon Stearns Sr.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1763 - Worcester, Worcester, MA
Baptism:
Death: 22 Jul 1842 - Chase Mills, St. Lawrence, NY
Burial: in Chase Mills, St. Lawrence, NY
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Stearns Sr. (1720-1776) 1
Mother: Sarah Ann Grover (Cir 1722-1777) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
There are reports of another son, William, born 1790 in Chester, VT.